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Turning Point USA, the conservative political nonprofit co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk, announced it will offer a separate halftime show at Super Bowl LX next year.
“The All American Halftime Show” will be an alternative to the regular halftime show which will be performed by three-time Grammy Award winner Bad Bunny on February 8, 2026. at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
The Puerto Rican superstar, who has become one of the most popular entertainers since his debut in 2016, has not been well received by some NFL fans.
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Bad Bunny performs Friday, February 14, 2025 for “SNL50” in New York. (Todd Owyoung/Peacock via Getty Images)
As a result, Turning Point USA is assembling a group of musical artists who will perform, although the acts will be announced at a later date.
“That’s right, Turning Point USA is excited to announce the All American Halftime Show,” the organization wrote in a statement on X. “Performers and event details will be available soon.”
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Recently, Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, expressed his fears regarding the United States Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). He said earlier this month that he had not booked any U.S. dates for his tour, fearing his fans would be detained by ICE agents.
“There was the problem of… like fucking ICE could be on the outside. [my concert]. And that’s something that we’ve been talking about and that we’re very concerned about,” he told iD.
Bad Bunny attends the 2025 Met Gala celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025 in New York. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for the Met Museum/Vogue)
He also recorded and posted video of what he described as local ICE raids on social media in Puerto Rico.
“Look, these motherfuckers are in these cars, RAV-4s. They’re here in Pontezuela,” he said in Spanish, mentioning that ICE was working on Avenida Pontezuela in Carolina, a city east of Puerto Rico’s capital, San Juan.
“Sons of bitches, instead of leaving people alone and working there,” he added.
A liberal college professor wrote an essay in the New York Times about the importance of sponsoring a Turning Point USA group on campus, when other professors refused. (ALEX WROBLEWSKI/Getty)
Bad Bunny wrote on his X page that he would do “one date only” in the United States before the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday. It later emerged that he had been chosen as a performer.
